| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thomas Joseph Delaney | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Copenhagen | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993-2008 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Copenhagen | 41 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009– | Denmark U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2011– | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Denmark U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Thomas Joseph Delaney (born 3 September 1991) is a Danish footballer of Irish-American descent,[1] who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen.
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Delaney started playing youth football at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of multiple Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He made his debut for the Danish under-18 national team in October 2008, and played two matches for the team.
Delaney made his debut for F.C. Copenhagen, in an unofficial 2008 friendly in August 2008, after playing the first half of the 2008–09 season in the KB youth team, he was a part of the FCK squad in the Danish Cup 2008-09. Delaney made his official debut in the semi-finals against Nordvest FC, where he substituted Hjalte Nørregaard in the middle of second half, in his time on pitch, he had a shot on the post.
In the return match two weeks later was Delaney amount the starting XI. He played the first 60 minutes, before he was substituted with Saban Özdogan.
In the summer break 2009, Delaney was promoted to the first team squad together with Özdogan.
He played the full time in a match in Champions League Qualification against FK Mogren. In this his international debut he even scored a goal. His first Superliga match was on 9 August 2009 against SønderjyskE, where he replaced Atiba Hutchinson in second half's stoppage time.
On 3 November 2009, Delaney was named the Danish Under-19 Player of the Year – a prestigious award previously won by players such as Jon Dahl Tomasson, Jesper Grønkjær, Peter Løvenkrands and Simon Kjær.
Delaney has played 3 games for the Danish U-18 national team, 11 games for the Danish U-19 national team.
On 11 August 2010, he made his debut for the Danish U-21 national team in a friendly against the Italian U-21 national team
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